GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A SHORT-SIGHTED EMIGRANT. Jy Ca'ole—Pros Association—Copywjrkt London, July 25. I Mr. Harcourt, replying in the" House J of Commons to Mr. Snowden, said that I he had communicated to the Commonwealth Government the letters in which \an immigrant named Whalley complained that he had not been allowed to land in West Australia on the ground of short sight. He showed that for at least ten years he had not lost a day's work through sickness or physi- j cal inability to earn a living. | A FRENCH BOMBARDMENT. Tangiera, July 25. Owing to attacks on a French cruiser and also hostile gatherings to the south of Mogador, the French bombarded the dwellings of the brigand tribes at Raima, a suburb of Agadir. BURIED ALIVE. Ottawa, July 25. Twelve workmen who were laying a pipe at the new pulp mills in Quebec were buried alive by the sides of the huge ditch caving in. Four were dead when recovered, and others were dying. The crowd could hear the groans of the buried men, but were unable to reach them in time. " • TURKISH POLITICS. Constantinople, July 25. The President of the Chamber has re- ' ceived a letter from a group of officers demanding the closing of the Chamber within 48 hours. AN EARTHQUAKE. Lima, July 25.

An earthquake has wrecked the town | of Puira. Many people were killed and j injured. 'l . . ' A FIENDISH MOTHER. Paris, July 25. ] A woman named Ganthier bas been i sentenced to death at Rouen for strangling her daughter in order to secure £2OO insurance money. FISHING- NETS DAMAGED. The Hague, July 25. Herring fishers at Ymuiden report that 06 British warships traversed the fishing fleet and destroyed most of the nets. COMPETITION IN ARMAMENTS. Paris, July 25. The newspapers are demanding increased naval construction, in view of the Austrian and Italian programmes. COMMONWEALTH OFFICES. London, July 25. The excavation of the site for the Commonwealth offices has been completed.